New kinds of scholarly worksNew forms of scholarship are emerging from the possibilities of the digital networked environment. Here are a few examples.
Harnessing dataAs scholarship has become increasingly data-intensive — the result of digital technologies and networks — it is important to ensure that many types of digital data can be reused for purposes that go well beyond those for which they were collected.
Expanding accessJournal articles, once available only to subscribers and “authorized users,” increasingly are becoming freely available on the web.
Rewards of scholarshipScholarship is driven not just by intellectual curiosity and funding availability. It is also about the rewards that come to scholars for their work. Promotion and tenure opportunities are an important part of this equation.
Changes in how scholarship is conducted and communicated are playing out in different ways in different fields. Here is a look at some of the overarching themes, visions, and examples of developments in selected fields.
Scholars in the many disciplines comprising knowledge have been described as “tribes”, acknowledging their widely varying traditions and norms. So it is no surprise that changes in how scholarship is conducted and communicated are playing out in different ways in different fields. Here is a look at some of the overarching themes, visions, and examples of developments in selected fields.